Da Silva v R (No 2) [2012] NSWCCA 106

Court of Criminal Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Da Silva v R (No 2) [2012] NSWCCA 106 Hearing dates: 9 May 2012 Decision date: 09 May 2012 Before: Whealy JAat [1] Hidden Jat [5] Schmidt Jat [6] Decision: 1. Pursuant to s.7 of the Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010, a non-publication order is made prohibiting the publication, save for the proper conduct of the proceedings, of any of the information referred to in the Schedule to these orders. 2. Pursuant to s.11(2) of the Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010, it is specified that this order applies throughout the Commonwealth of Australia. Catchwords: CRIMINAL LAW - interlocutory application - Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) s 7, s 8 - "reward" applications for witness testimony - whether publication of witness interview would indirectly reveal police methodology - suppression order made to prevent prejudice to proper administration of justice. Legislation Cited: Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) - s7, s8, s11 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Rodney Rodrigues Da Silva (Applicant) Crown (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Dr S. Bogan (Applicant) Ms N. Noman (Respondent) I.D. Bourke (Intervenor: NSW Commissioner of Police) Solicitors: CrimLaw (NSW) Pty Ltd (Applicant) Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) Crown Solicitor's Office (Intervenor) File Number(s): 2007/009452